August recess presents a good opportunity to reach out to your Congressional members and see if you can arrange an in-district visit. You can also continue to email or call Congressional offices, and continue your advocacy during this time.
Please find advocacy resources below. Many of these are directed at the environment and climate-focused advocacy, but we hope you find them useful for all issues during this Congressional cycle and for those to come!
General Advocacy Resources:
Advocacy Meeting Guide – can be adjusted for a one-on-one meeting
OGR Environmental Action Alerts:
Thank Congress for Passing the Inflation Reduction Act
Urge Congress to Pass Ambitious Climate Change Legislation
Tell Congress to Help Stop Illegal Deforestation
Urge Congress to Pass the THRIVE Act
Support the Farm System Reform Act
Tell the Senate to Help Wildlife Recover
Episcopal Church Resources:
List of General Convention Resolutions on the Environment
The Episcopal Church Department of Reconciliation, Justice and Creation Care
Partner Organizations:
EcoAmerica and Blessed Tomorrow
Interfaith Power and Light – chapters around the country
National Religious Partnership for the Environment
Inflation Reduction Act Analysis
Brookings Report: The climates bill’s oil and gas provisions are a worthwhile tradeoff
Summary of the Climate Provisions in the IRA
Additional Resources and Further Reading on Climate:
UNEP: Why Faith and Environment Matters
PBS: Global Weirding with Katherine Hayhoe
Climate Change, Climate Church: How People of Faith Must Work for Change by Jim Antal
Saving Us by Katherine Hayhoe
Rooted and Rising: Voices and Courage in a Time of Climate Crisis by Leah D. Schade
A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis by Vanessa Nakate